At least 123 people were killed when a lorry transporting oil burst into flames near the Pakistani city of Ahmedpur East, local officials say. A crowd had gathered reportedly to collect fuel leaking from the overturned vehicle when it caught fire. Dozens are being treated in hospital. Unconfirmed reports suggest the tanker had been speeding when it overturned. People smoking ...

Western Province Minister Nathaniel Mubukwanu says it is fallacious and an exaggeration for anyone to say Zambia has become a dictatorship nation. Mr. Mubukwanu has told QFM News in an interview that Zambia is a fully flagged democratic country, which is envy of the region and beyond Africa. He has explained that by design the Zambian constitution demands that every ...

Electoral expert MacDonald Chipenzi has advised government to start funding the electoral commission of Zambia now so that they can take up and start implementing some of the recommendations given by the international observer missions during the august 11 elections on how the country can better the process of conducting elections. Speaking to Q news in an interview, Mr. Chipenzi ...

Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP) President Enock Tembo has called on political parties to avoid holding political party rallies in the name of press briefings. Mr. Tembo says press briefings should not be conducted like political rallies saying this is what is causing the police to arrest people attending such gatherings. Mr. Tembo says this new model of holding press ...

Industrial Development Cooperation (IDC) Acting Executive Director Mateyo Kaluba has described the first half of 2017 as positive and progressive in terms of investment and development. Mr. Kaluba told Q news in an interview that the year 2017 will be a good and productive year noting form the achievements that have been made in the first half of the year ...

National Restoration Party Spokesperson Bwalya Nondo has charged that the 7th national development plan which was launched recently by President Edgar Lungu will end up being a white elephant if measures to fully implement it are not established. Mr. Nondo told Qfm news that the country has seen many other national development plans which include, the 5th and 6th national ...

A two month old baby has been burnt to death in a maize field in Chief Mwanse of Lundazi District in Eastern Province. Eastern Province Police Commissioner Alex Chilufya has confirmed the death of the child. Mr Chilufya says this happened when the child got caught up in a blaze of fire  ignited with a match stick by a 10 ...

Patriotic Front and UPND cadres today clashed at Lusaka’s Memorial Park leaving several mourners scampering in different directions for safety. Some mourners are nursing serious injuries at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) after the two warring parties clashed while burying their members. Family members and mourners briefly abandoned the bodies of their relatives for their safety as the PF and ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has taken another swipe at Donald Trump over the US president’s policy on climate change – this time backed up by the muscle of Arnold Schwarzenegger. In a video on social media, Mr Macron is joined by the Terminator star as he vows to “make the planet great again”. “Make America great again” was Mr Trump’s ...

The Zambia National Union of Teachers (ZNUT) has opposed Higher Education Minister Professor Nkandu Luo’s intentions to introduce entrance examinations for students before they can be admitted in colleges and Universities. Union President Newman Bubala says government should learn to trust and respect the structures that exist in the education sector. Mr. Bubala has told QTV News that the results ...